Fellow sophs: Don't sweat our lack of a prom

By Monica Harris, Central Bucks East High School

Thursday

Apr 28, 2011 at 12:01 AMApr 28, 2011 at 12:30 AM

Prom is the one night that juniors and seniors dream about for months.

They take pictures in their beautiful floor-length gowns and handsome matching tuxes. Cameras are flashing and you feel like you're a movie star being attacked by the paparazzi. Hair is done precisely, dresses are hemmed carefully and makeup is done perfectly.

All the while, we sophomores are home perusing the Internet or having a sweatpants-and-movie night with our friends.

How fair is it that sophomores only get one dance for the year, and all of the grades are invited to it? Homecoming was so much fun; just imagine how much fun a sophomore prom would be!

This is how you may look at the situation at first, but look at the bright side.

There is so much money put into events like prom. You already spent your money on an expensive dress for the homecoming dance; you don't have the cash to splurge on an even more expensive one for prom!

Besides, you don't want to spend another two hours at the salon getting your hair pinned up into a fancy bun. Or go to the nail salon getting a mani/pedi for an hour. Or have to deal with the stress of doing your makeup over and over again until you get it right.

Even after all of that hard work, you dance your makeup off, your hair is in a loose bun at the end of the night, and chances are your dress smells like sweaty gym socks by the time you're ready to leave.

All of that hard work for nothing.

And for all you single sophomores out there, you probably wouldn't feel comfortable going to a prom without a date anyway, so it's kind of a relief you have another year to do that.

So cheer up, sophomores, and don't complain about your lack of a prom. Instead, be glad you don't have to deal with the hassle of it!

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